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which we did not reach till the morning of the 

 25th, having taken a long time over the last 

 7 miles, which were nearly all rapids, causing 

 Dan and myself to walk on the bank and drag 

 the boat, with mosquitoes biting us all the way. 



It began to rain heavily while we were 

 unpacking the boat, so we decided to wait till it 

 stopped. At the end of twelve hours it was 

 still raining just as hard, and the river was 

 beginning to rise, so we decided to push on, as 

 Dan wished to reach Tromso before Captain 

 Schloshauer left, and I was anxious to get home 

 as early as possible. 



We had a very heavy bit of travelling for 

 the next five or six hours, as the wind was 

 bitterly cold, and the rain very persistent, so 

 that the rocks by the side of the river got very 

 slippery, and we stumbled along hour after 

 hour, at one time towing the boat, at another 

 hurrying on trying to shoot something for the 

 Buzzards, which hardly ever stopped calling 

 for food, no matter how much they got. Dan 

 shot two Mergansers and one Diver. We 

 stopped for an hour's rest at Savomiolka, and 

 then on again for some six or seven hours, till 

 we got to Palofoensi at about 10 a.m. 



The 26th. We decided to stop here for two 

 or three hours' sleep as we were both pretty 



